{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"114341","title":"MBA grad credits peers for making business personal","body":"Despite earning dual undergraduate degrees from Arizona State University in 2022,\u0026nbsp;Frankie O\u0027Neill (\u002722 BA in art history and business) says the W. P. Carey School\u0027s \u0022business is personal\u0022 motto didn\u0027t fully resonate until she joined the evening MBA program and connected with her classmates.\u0022\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-13T09:08:45-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/13\/2026-9:08am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"W. P. Carey Outstanding Graduate Student reflects on balancing full-time work, academics, and community engagement.","teaser":"Despite earning dual undergraduate degrees from Arizona State University in 2022,\u0026nbsp;Frankie O\u0027Neill (\u002722 BA in art history and business) says the W. 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He hadn\u2019t applied to ASU, but the letter in the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-08T14:41:03-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/08\/2026-2:41pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Lenin Juarez was in the first group of Phoenix high school students to receive personalized early-acceptance letters to ASU in fall 2021, as part of an initiative to assist students who might not realize that they\u2019re qualified for college. 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